The charts below show the percentages of men and women aged 60-64 in employment in four countries in 1970 and 2000. Summarise the information by selecting and reporting the main features, and make comparisons where relevant.

The charts below show the percentages of men and women aged 60-64 in employment in four countries in 1970 and 2000.

Summarise the information by selecting and reporting the main features, and make comparisons where relevant.
The figures
illustrates
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number
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a number
the number
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of men and
women
who were employed and aged 60-64 in four regimes in the years 1970 and 2000. The units of measurement were given in percentages.
Overall
, the
number
of males working superseded that of
women
in all the four states given.
Japan
had the highest percentage as far as
men
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male
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employees were concerned in both the two years
whereas
Belgium had
a the
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the
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lowest percentage. For
women
,
Japan
had a large
number
on
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of
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working-class females for both years and Belgium had
less
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fewer
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women
employees.
Firstly
, male employees were
spotted
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expected
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to work more in
Japan
and the
number
was 85% in the year 1970
while
in 2000 there were only 19 per cent workers in Belgium.
Although
the USA had 73% in 1970, there was a decline in the
number
of
staffs
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in 2000 as there were only 54%. As far as
women
were concerned, only
Japan
had 43% and 40% workers in 1970 and 2000 respectively.
The other
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countries
such
as the USA,
Japan
and Australia had between 16%-39% of female workers in both 1970 and 2000.
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Basic structure: Change the fourth paragraph.
Vocabulary: Replace the words number, women, japan with synonyms.
Vocabulary: The word "give" was used 2 times.
Vocabulary: The word "number of" was used 3 times.
Vocabulary: The word "percentages" was used 3 times.
Vocabulary: Use several vocabularies to present the data in the fourth paragraph.

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Topic Vocabulary:
  • employment rate
  • percentage
  • trend
  • significant change
  • overall employment
  • societal changes
  • economic conditions
  • government policies
  • compare
  • highlight
  • individual country analysis
  • increased/decreased
  • similarities and differences
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